The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
ON THE WING.

An elevator with a capacity of 100000
bushels was recently built in Chicago,
from foundation to rooftree, in fourteen
days.
George Woodson, the only coIored stu
dent ever admitted to Beloit College, will
deliver the address at Beloit on Emancipa-
ton Day.
a grown turkey belonging to Mrs. G.. B.
Beecher, Of Griffin, Ca, swallowed bee
few days ago, which stung its vitals, and in
less than a hour it was stone dead.
A type writer in Kingston, n. Y, cannot
work when she hears band organ play.
She says that the rhythm OF the type
writer is all out of tune with that of the
hand organ.
A young woman in Ohio wishes it known
that she will exchange a copy of George
Elliot's "Theophrastus Such" for two
loaves of bakers bread or ten cents worth
of chewing gum.
England is said to have one cow to eight
and half persons, France one COW to
three and one-third, and America one COW
to one and two-third persons. America is
ahead on the COW.
The st. Stephens Review says that the
iubilee procession, when the noble lord
was thrown from his horse, was put-up
trick on his lordsh1p, as the horse was 8
known bad one.
Craig Tolliger, the Kentucky desperate,
who was killed the other day, was man
of medium size, broad -shouldered, bull.
necked, bow-legeed, and extremely long
armed. His head and face were well
covered with shaggy red hair.
A man near Punxsutawney, Pa, the
other day killed snake five feet long,
black, excepting light spots on its back,
and its body Of the same size except at the
extremities, where it tspered of abruptly.
Its head was dismond-shaped.
1t appears that Mrs. Langtry is not the
first iOreign.born woman to take out natur'
alization papers here. In 1882 Mrs. Brack.
enridge, of Pittsburg, was naturalized, and
January, 1872, Mrs. Helena c. Woolsen, Q
Cuban lady, became citizen Of the United
States.
Miss Mabel Andrews was standing on
the wharf at Thornbury, Canada, watch
ing party of children sailing In small
boat on the bay. One of the children, 6
GIRL fell overheard, and was in muchsdan
ger of drowning, when Miss Andrews
jumped into the water, swan out to the
girl and took her safely to land.
The frequent train robberies in Texas
have resulted in decision to arm eight
men on each passenger train. The Govern
or is to have them swo-n in as regular
rangers. They will be, so far as possible
reg ular train men, and will be armed and
paid by the railroad companies. To pui
eight men on each train will require 40C
men to be sworn in.
The mining engineer, NJ. Dahl, who has
been examining the north OF Norway on
behalf of the Norwegian Government
states in his report that all the rivers in the
interior OF Finnmarken, district of fifty
Norwegian square miles, carry gold. The
metal is found IN sand contained in little
hollows, which by their shape prevent it,
being washed AWAY by the water
The weight of the gold grains varies from
ten milligrammes to one gramme. Plati
mum is also found occasionally.
The length to which blind credulity viii
go has Just been illustrated in the case of
man in Frankfort, Ky. He had been
sufferer from asthma for years, and on be
ing told recently by friend that If hl
would swallow few bird shot every day
for a few weeks he would be cured, h'
promptly began to do so. After he hR(
swallowed about four pounds violen
symptoms of lead poisoning were devel
oped and the man was obliged to go to
physician. His life was saved, but b.
still has the asthma as bad as ever.